stillers4me
12-23-2011, 03:03 PM
It was during the second half of the 2007 season when the 7-2 Steelers went to New York to play the 1-8 Jets.
It would be a slam dunk, proclaimed the media and the fans. And I no doubt dunked a few times myself on the pitiful Jets.
But no one back then went so far as to throw Charlie Batch (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5524854) out there just to rest Ben Roethlisberger (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5524970), as the Steelers will do.
They may as well have back then because the Jets were playing their backup quarterback that day four years ago. And you could run on the Jets. They would finish 29th against the run that year.
So, yes, capitalize the Slam and the Dunk.
Well, that replacement quarterback pulled off the upset. Yep, Kellen Clemens (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5997973) completed 14 of 31 for 162 yards with a touchdown pass in the opening quarter.
Clemens wasn’t great, but when a game manager can team up with Thomas Jones (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5740092)’s 117 yards rushing, and a defense that sacked Roethlisberger seven times, and held Willie Parker (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=4887169) to 52 yards on 21 carries, it can beat the Steelers 19-16 in overtime............
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It would be a slam dunk, proclaimed the media and the fans. And I no doubt dunked a few times myself on the pitiful Jets.
But no one back then went so far as to throw Charlie Batch (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5524854) out there just to rest Ben Roethlisberger (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5524970), as the Steelers will do.
They may as well have back then because the Jets were playing their backup quarterback that day four years ago. And you could run on the Jets. They would finish 29th against the run that year.
So, yes, capitalize the Slam and the Dunk.
Well, that replacement quarterback pulled off the upset. Yep, Kellen Clemens (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5997973) completed 14 of 31 for 162 yards with a touchdown pass in the opening quarter.
Clemens wasn’t great, but when a game manager can team up with Thomas Jones (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=5740092)’s 117 yards rushing, and a defense that sacked Roethlisberger seven times, and held Willie Parker (http://pit.scout.com/a.z?s=68&p=8&c=1&nid=4887169) to 52 yards on 21 carries, it can beat the Steelers 19-16 in overtime............
read more @ http://pit.scout.com/2/1141769.html